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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, secular trends didn’t bode well for traditional media companies. Cord-cutting triggered a decline in subscriptions and a loss of ad dollars to streaming services. One analyst expects no relief from the pressure.
The Ratings
RBC Capital Markets analyst Kutgun...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) shutdown has left sports fans with few options given most major collegiate and professional leagues and events are in limbo for now. With limited options for live sports, Fox Corp (NASDAQ: FOX) and Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) subsidiary ESPN are turning to World...

Having left the New England Patriots, star quarterback Tom Brady is expected to join The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
What Happened
After 20 years with the New England Patriots, Tom Brady is all set to become a Buccaneer, according to sources cited by ESPN. There is no official signing date...

By The Fresh Toast's Bendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis
Like most Americans, NFL players won’t see significant changes in marijuana policy until a change at the federal level.
The NFL’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) has been approved by both owners...

Tom Brady is leaving the only NFL team he's ever played for, the New England Patriots, after 20 years.
Brady said Tuesday on Instagram that his football now "will take place elsewhere," part of a long thank you message to the Patriots organization and fans. Brady didn't say which...

The National Football League Players Association ratified the collective bargaining agreement on Saturday after months of bargaining with team owners.
NFL Players Divided On The CBA
The players voted 1,019 to 959 in favor of the agreement that was earlier signed by the NFL team owners in February...

Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League all suspended play and the NCAA canceled its national basketball tournaments on Thursday, joining the National Basketball Association in going dark as the nation tries to head off the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Major...

Kyle Turley, a retired NFL player turned musician, says marijuana saved his life.
“Without a doubt, cannabis saved my life,” he told Benzinga. “I wouldn’t be where I am today; I would not have my family, my kids, my house, everything I have right now, if not for cannabis....

Three-time Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski has signed a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE), according to TheWrap. An insider with knowledge of the matter said Gronk will make his WWE debut on the March 20 episode of “SmackDown,” which airs on Fox.
Gronkowski is...

Super Bowl LIV was watched by just under 100 million viewers on the Fox television broadcast and slightly more than that when counting other platforms, according to Nielsen data. Viewership was up 2% over the number that watched last year.
Adweek reported the Super Bowl likely brought in a record $...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) Chief Market Officer Diego Scotti spoke to Fox Business just one day after helping make possible the "first 5G Super Bowl in history."
5G And Sports
Verizon has partnered up with the National Football League to bring 5G technology to 17 different...

Hey Patrick Mahomes, now that you’ve won a championship in your second season as a starter and were named Super Bowl MVP, what are you going to do now?
Sorry, Disney World. Mahomes is probably going to the bank.
The winning quarterback of Super Bowl LIV is likely to be in line for a big...

A 2018 study by Boston University researchers at the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank found that 190 (or 94%) of 202 football players who played in college or the NFL sampled positively for CTE.
For at least three years, discussion about revising the NFL's cannabis policy has been ongoing in negotiations...

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor, New Frontier Data
Whenever one sits to watch a Super Bowl, they can expect to hear about all kinds of numbers. Beyond the game's score and the stats, there will be some Roman numerals for Super Bowl 54, there will be talk about the cost of the commercials...

Mortgage rates fell from 3.8% at the start of January to a multiyear low of 3.49% at a time when demand for mortgages remains strong, Jay Farner, Quicken Loans CEO, said Friday on CNBC's "Squawk Box."
Farner: 'Seller's Market'
Farner said there has been more purchase...